APHG 4.1-5

Nation

• A group of people with a common identity and a history of sharing a territorial homeland.

• Synonym for country. Must have: 

  1. Sovereign territory

  2. Recognition of other important countries

  3. A continuous population

  4. A government

• A state whose national territory boundaries are the same as state boundaries

Nation-State

• A group of people with a common identity and a history of sharing a territorial homeland.

• Synonym for country. Must have: 

  1. Sovereign territory

  2. Recognition of other important countries

  3. A continuous population

  4. A government

• A state whose national territory boundaries are the same as state boundaries

State

• A group of people with a common identity and a history of sharing a territorial homeland.

• Synonym for country. Must have: 

  1. Sovereign territory

  2. Recognition of other important countries

  3. A continuous population

  4. A government

• A state whose national territory boundaries are the same as state boundaries

Portugal & Japan

• Multination States

• Multistate Nation

• Stateless Nations

• Nation-State

What is a boundary that existed BEFORE cultural patterns? These don’t move

• Consequent

• Antecedent

• Subsequent

• Superimposed

A boundary drawn after settlement of an area. (Sometimes conflict-related)

• Relic

• Subsequent

• Consequent

• Superimposed

Delimited Boundaries

• Countries legally define and agree to where borders are located through an agreement or treaty.

• Visible marking of the landscape with objects, such as fences or signs.

• Identifying the location of a boundary on a map

• Legal management of the border through laws, immigration regulation, documentation, and prosecution. 

Defined Boundaries

• Countries legally define and agree to where borders are located through an agreement or treaty.

• Visible marking of the landscape with objects, such as fences or signs.

• Identifying the location of a boundary on a map

• Legal management of the border through laws, immigration regulation, documentation, and prosecution. 

Administered

• Countries legally define and agree to where borders are located through an agreement or treaty.

• Visible marking of the landscape with objects, such as fences or signs.

• Identifying the location of a boundary on a map

• Legal management of the border through laws, immigration regulation, documentation, and prosecution. 

What do we apply when two countries are closer than 400 nautical miles?

• Median Line Principal

• Law of the Seas

• Halfsies

• War